All,
I've been working from my "home office" lately (the living room) and sit just a few feet from one of my S8's. The tweeter domes are mashed in a bit, and I was wondering how they actually *sound*. So....I ran my Paraglow's to them directly and as expected, they sound like crap. Some noodling around here in the Bottlehead galaxy has the FedEx man dropping off ST324 tweeters at the gate. After looking at the two little boxes for a week, out comes the router and in go the new tweeters.
Understand that I didn't modify the existing (latest version) crossover at all; just wired in the new tweeters and surface mounted them. Am I wrong to think these sound GREAT!? Maybe I got used to the crappy old ones, but I'm hearing air and sound and nuance I haven't heard in a long time. I play them non-stop just to confirm they sound so good. I'm really happy I did this.
I suppose I'm wondering though....what's the acoustic result of these tweeters with the original crossover? They seem *louder*, but overall I'm really happy and not inclined at the moment to build a new X-over. Should I bother?
best,
Dennis